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Banking's Top 5 Total Return to Shareholders: 2022 Edition

Jeff For Banks

Founded in 1964, OFG's banking subsidiary, Oriental Bank , is one of Puerto Rico's largest banks, and is focused on the island and the U.S. Virgin Islands. 4 First BanCorp (NYSE: FBP) First BanCorp is a full service financial institution with operations in Puerto Rico, the British Virgin Islands, and Florida.

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JPMorgan makes anti-trafficking pledges in latest Epstein settlement

American Banker

Virgin Islands includes various commitments, such as terminating customers' accounts if there is credible information that the accounts are involved in human trafficking. The $75 million deal between the megabank and the U.S.

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SAFER Banking Act: Will marijuana be re-scheduled under the Controlled Substances Act?

Abrigo

Guam, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands , have legalized marijuana in some form , many banks and credit unions are reluctant to take on the risks associated with providing services to marijuana-related businesses. While 38 states , along with Washington D.C.,

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Virgin Islands sues JPMorgan for facilitating Epstein abuse

American Banker

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State AGs criticize CFPB plans to end MLA exams

CFPB Monitor

In addition to describing the benefits that the MLA provides to servicemembers, the AGs assert that the Bureau “would be failing to abide by its statutorily mandated duty to enforce the MLA by restrictively interpreting its examination authority to preclude lenders’ compliance with the MLA.” They cite to the MLA provision (10 U.S.C.

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Democratic House members urge Kraninger to resume MLA exams

CFPB Monitor

Twenty-three Democratic members of the House Financial Services Committee have sent a letter to Kathy Kraninger, the CFPB’s new Director, urging the Bureau to resume examining its supervised entities for compliance with the Military Lending Act (MLA).

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Inside JPMorgan's year of being haunted by Jeffrey Epstein

American Banker

With the firm's $75 million settlement this week with the US Virgin Islands, the echoes from the bank's association with the convicted sex offender continue to reverberate.